PFA Dental World Newsletter — Sept/Oct • 2003

Table of Contents - September/October • 2003

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	Our Foundation Makes a Difference by Foundation Vice President Fred Halik

	Once again, our past year proved fruitful for the Academy Sections who have sponsored and participated in several projects receiving Foundation grants. Fellows of the Academy volunteer in clinical settings to provide hands-on service to indigent populations. Five of the 16 Foundation-approved grants are Section sponsored. Including the student scholarships, those grants total close to a third of a million dollars. Dr. Carl Lundgren, Foundation President, has invited all Section Chairs and Fellows to identify needs in their communities, develop plans for a program, and apply to the Foundation for assistance. Grant requests from Sections have a high priority in the approval process. These activities are the substance of what the Academy stands for. This has proved to be a cohesive benefit for participating Sections. Last year’s PFA Section grants included: Kentucky’s annual Spring focus on the Special Olympics where Chairman Karl Lange’s Section provides dental health education, screening, and referral for over 300 participating athletes. This positive dental experience is a result of the effort put forth by the Section Fellows, staff members, and families. Michigan’s PFA Section volunteered to attend a Summer camp for disabled adults in the northern Michigan wilderness (see article in last DW issue). Section Fellows, under the leadership of Chair Virginia Merchant, including past PFA president David Campbell, provided needed dental services. A PFA grant made this significant service possible.		Tennessee’s section, under Chairman Rueben Pelot III, spark-plugged servicing the Volunteer Ministry Center, which houses a dental clinic designed to serve the huge task of meeting the dental needs of the completely homeless and indigent men in the Knoxville area. The Foundation funds makes a major difference there and utilizes more of that Section’s Fellows as volunteers. Japan’s ever-active Section, Chaired by Trustee Mamoru Sakuda, is providing an incredible service for a population group not seen by most of us—dental service for leprous patients living in colonies that find it very difficult to obtain. This Section deserves commendation from us all for their efforts to reach out to these forgotten people. The Foundation support helps make this possible. France’s mobile dental clinic has been serving the Paris area for several years, providing for the dental needs of the indigent, poor, and homeless. Our Foundation grant helped make this a reality and has continued to permit the expansion of this program. While the Foundation grants have made the funding possible, the ideas for these services have originated from the Sections themselves. The Section leadership has put them into operation and the Fellows have carried the programs out. This is the type of partnership that we are all dedicated to in serving the needy public. We ask that more Sections become involved in such projects. This strengthens the Academy, its Sections, and fulfills the mandate of the Foundation.

From the desk of
the Executive Director…
by Dr. Shig Ryan Kishi

Editor’s Note: Serving the Academy and the Foundation were total commitments by the late Dr. Shig Ryan Kishi. Even while in pain and treatment for cancer, Dr. Kishi completed his tasks with distinction and precision. This was his latest report.

Having gone through half the grant application requests by the first of July, 26 grants have been rejected for not meeting our criteria. These applicants have been informed by letter along with the reason for the rejection. This totals a dollar amount of $220,897.

The remainder of those applications accepted total $69,956. These requests have been forwarded on to the Grants Application Committee for evaluation and recommendation to the Foundation Board at their annual Meeting this October. At that time, all grant applications will have completed the review process for the Board’s determination.


	Foundation News

	Chile Chile PFA Board Member, Dr. Vera, presented the PFA Scholarship Award to dental student Enrique Araneda at the University Campus. L-R, PFA Board Member Dr. Vera presenting check to recipient Enrique Araneda with Dean Carlos Sigoux applauding


	Section News

	Australasia Trustee William Winspear, active in hosting this September’s FDI Congress in Sydney, has reported that their PFA Section will be inducting 37 new Fellows during the Session. Bulgaria Chairman Valentin Moutaftchiev inducted five new Fellows into PFA last June during a membership dinner in Sofia. The New Fellows are Drs. Laura Andreeva, Lyubomir Donev, Krasimir A. Galabov, and Radi Venkov, all of Sofia. Chair Professor Valentin Moutaftchiev (left) with new Fellows Chile Chairman Jaime Koifman S. presented the Foundation Scholarship Certificate at their annual Gala Meeting of the Chile Section. International Trustee Bernardo Levit attended to assist in inducting eight new Fellows into the Academy along with Secretary Nicolas Triantafilo V. and Treasurer Ana M. Latorre P. Chair Jaime Koifman presenting certificate to Enrique Araneda Finland Past Section Chair Leila Telivua passed away last April. Born in 1929, she graduated from the dental school in Helsinki in 1953. She then attended postgraduate studies at the Eastman Dental Hospital in London. She became an endodontist in 1981 and maintained a dental practice in Helsinki from 1957 to 1996. She served as President of the Finnish Dental Association between 1976 and 1983. She was the first woman to be elected to the FDI Council in 1982 and served until 1990. She also served as FDI Vice President from 1984 to 1990. Japan Trustee Mamoru Sakuda has indicated that the Japan Section Constitution requires that the term for Chairman is two years. He will be stepping down as Japan’s Chair on 11 October 2003 in Shizuoka City. Dr. Kuwahata will take over as Japan Chair, but Dr. Sakuda will continue to serve as Trustee as that term is for three years.		Guatemala/Belize Chair Bertram Moldauer and his wife Yolanda arrived in Ft. Lauderdale for the graduation of their son, Ivan Moldauer, from the Nova Southeastern University School of Dentistry’s program in endodontics. Just a few weeks earlier, PFA Fellow Ivan and his fiancée Gina Cozzarelli from Guatemala had wedded in Ft. Lauderdale. Now Dr. Ivan Moldauer has accepted a position as Assistant Professor of Endodontics at Nova in Florida. Dr. Ivan Moldauer receiving degree at Nova Graduation Ceremony L-R, Byron, Chair Bertram and Yolanda Moldauer, Ivan and Gina Moldauer, Editor Jim Brophy


	Section News cont'd

	Switzerland The 1971 Elmer S. Best Award recipient Louis J. Baume passed away last May. He was born in 1913 and received his doctorate from the dental school in Bern in 1939. He went on to become a research associate at the Hooper Foundation for Medical Research in San Francisco and at the Institute of Experimental Biology at Berkeley between 1948 to 1954. He returned to Switzerland to become Professor at the Medical Faculty of the University of Geneva in 1955 where he retired in 1983. He was a dental expert on WHO from 1963 on. Between 1979 to 1981, he was FDI President and received the Miller Prize in 1991. Spain Section Chair Professor Javier Garro passed away on 31 July 2003 while working in his dental clinic in Pamplona. Dr. Garro was a Professor at the University of the Basque Country. His quiet leadership for PFA will be dearly missed. Just last May, in Santiago de Compostela, Chair Professor Javier Garro presided over Spain’s Investing Ceremony and		Dinner for some 23 new Fellows. He was assisted in this by the Chairman of the Galizian Autonomic Government Professor Fraga, the Vice-Rector of the University, and Section Secretary Dr. Jimenez. Welcomed into Fellowship were Drs. Eduardo Anitua of Vitoria, Manuel Anton-Radigales of Madrid, Fernando Autran of Barcelona, Pedro Badanelli of Madrid, Ignacio Barjua of Valencia, Laura Ceballos of Granada, M. Filomena Estrela of Valencia, Pilar Gandara of Santiago de Compostela, Rafael Garcia-Espejo of Cordoba, Abel Garcia of Santiago de Compostela, Celso Gonzalez of Vigo, Anibal Gonzalez of Sevilla, Federico Hernandez of San Cugat del Valles Barcelona, Beatriz Lahoz of Pamplona, Francisco Saverio Martelli of Florence, Italy, Arturo Martinez-Berna of Madrid, Eduardo Padros-Serrat of Barcelona, Esteban Padulles of Barcelona, Rafael Pla of Albacete, Jose Pumarola of Barcelona, Isabel Saez of Sevilla, Francisco Javier Silvestre of Valencia, and Jose Manuel Somoza of Santiago de Compostela. The Ceremony was held in the old College Building of the University which celebrated its 500th anniversary in 1995 of its founding. Their Section’s next annual meeting will be in Cordoba on 30 April and 1 May 2004.
	Spain’s new Fellows

	Section News cont'd
	United States
	Georgia Chair Karyn L. Stockwell reports presenting the PFA Senior Student Award to Medical College of Georgia senior Cang Huynh by PFA Fellow Dr. Wayne Herman at the college’s Awards Day Ceremony last May. Dr. Herman presents the Award with a brief history of Pierre Fauchard in a memorable manner. Fellow Wayne Herman presents the PFA Senior Student Award to Cang Huynh Illinois The Section hosted their Breakfast Meeting on September 6th with ACD and ICD during the annual session of the Illinois State Dental Society Meeting at the Oak Brook Hills Hotel and Resort. Massachusetts The Tufts University School of Dental Medicine presented the PFA Senior Student Award to recipient Nicole Vane at the 10th annual Tufts University School of Dental Medicine’s Senior Awards Dinner last May. Dr. Nicole Vane receiving PFA Award California, Southern Section Past PFA President and Foundation Treasurer George Higue was honored by the USC Alumni Association on Saturday, 6 September 2003, at their Volunteer Recognition Luncheon, being presented the USC Alumni Association President’s Award. This award was developed by the Alumni Board of Governors to recognize volunteer excellence, loyal service, and dedication to the university. Following the Luncheon, USC will kick off its college football season with BYU at the Coliseum.		Texas Chair C. Roger Macias, Jr, hosted their annual Breakfast Meeting last May during the Texas Dental Association annual session. Dr. Macias presented the Distinguished Service Award to Dr. David May, past Section Chair. TDA president Don Lutes attended the breakfast along with ADA 15th District Trustee Frank Eggleston. Dr. Macias inducted into membership new Fellows Drs. Warren Branch, Phillip Nauert, and Pam Berlanga. New York Chair Bruce Seidberg of Syracuse convened their annual Induction Meeting in Rochester with more than 80 attending. Present were State President William Calnon, ADA Trustee Kirk Gleason, past NYSDA President James Orcutt, past PFA President Fred Halik, and a host of other dignitaries. The 2003 PFA Section Distinguished Service Award was presented to Dr. Howard B. Fine of Rochester who had served dentistry through as Secretary for AAE, ADA Trustee, and on the Board of Governors for the New York State Dental Association. Distinguished Service Award recipient Dr. Howard Fine receives plaque from Chair Bruce Seidberg Past Section Chair Edward Feinberg of Scarsdale was honored with the Section’s Appreciation Plaque for his two years as Section Chair and for his continuing service as new member coordinator for one of the largest Section classes of new members. Dr. Feinberg inducted 27 new Fellows into membership: Drs. Mark Bauman, William Caryl, Jr, Stuart Chassen, Marilyn Eaves, Edmund Eaves, Stanley Einbender, Harry Einbender, Steve Essig, Vickie Ryan-Haskins, Viren Jhaven, Gregory Libatore, William Maloney, Richard Mayne, Joseph McMenamin, David Miller, Richard Rubin, Gary Schopher, Pasqule Scutari, Jerrold Shapiro, Hank Schiffman, Paul Spenadel, Robert Trager, Robert Vitkus, Richard Weiss, Alan Winik, and Sheldon Winik.

			New York’s new Fellows